Seems everything is coming into focus in 20/20, I mean 2020 😉 Well ... the rollercoaster drama continues ... now we have Kushner suddenly flying back to Washington. I wonder where Avi Berkowitz is ... perhaps he will be given the honors to unveil the plan? Or are they just playing games with us saying they are going to roll out the plan and then quickly retracting back and making excuses? 🙁 Times of Israel.com White House senior adviser Jared Kushner canceled his visit to Jerusalem for the Fifth World Holocaust Forum at the last minute Wednesday. A White House official cited weather related issues in Davos, Switzerland, where Kushner was accompanying US President Donald Trump for the World Economic Forum. The official said the weather delays “made an already tight schedule not possible.” Kushner, who had been set to arrive Wednesday evening, will instead return to Washington, where the Senate has begun Trump’s impeachment trial. Though Kushner will not be in Israel, Vice President Mike Pence is set to arrive Thursday for events at Yad Vashem marking 75 years since the liberation of Auschiwtz. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived earlier on Wednesday, with a delegation of seven Democrats and one Republican representative. - Fair Use- The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry. Happy Robbie Burns day, btw. Hold on to your seats ... the drama rollercoaster hasn’t derailed after all ... it made a sharp turn ... meetings will be held in Washington! :popcorn Netanyahu, Gantz to go to Washington, reportedly ahead of peace plan unveiling Times of Israel By TOI STAFF 1/23/20, 7:13 pm TV report says Trump’s proposal to be revealed next week, will be the most generous ever toward Israel; IDF said bracing for potential fallout in West Bank Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Blue and White chair Benny Gantz will go to the White House next week for an update on US President Donald Trump’s Israeli-Palestinian peace plan, US Vice President Mike Pence said Thursday evening during a meeting with Netanyahu in Jerusalem. The political rivals will reportedly fly to Washington on Tuesday, the same day as a Knesset plenum vote to establish the committee that will weigh Netanyahu’s request for parliamentary immunity from graft charges. Netanyahu met Pence and David Friedman, the US ambassador to Israel, on Thursday evening at the American embassy in Jerusalem. “We just completed a conversation about plans for next week. President Trump asked me to extend an invitation to Prime Minister Netanyahu to come to the White House next week for talks” on regional issues, including peace, Pence said alongside the prime minister Thursday night. “At the prime minister’s suggestion, I also extended an invitation to Benny Gantz,” he added, noting that the Blue and White leader had accepted the invitation. I suggested that Benny Gantz be invited to this event as well because I think it is important that we not lose this historic opportunity with such friends in the White House,” Netanyahu said. “We should get as broad as consensus as possible.” The plan will be unveiled next week, and is the most generous US proposal ever for Israel, an unsourced Channel 12 report said, likely providing for Israeli sovereignty over all West Bank settlements alongside a recognition of Palestinian statehood. The network said the plan apparently includes a “significant moving of the [Israeli] border” eastwards, without specifying. The Palestinian Authority, which has boycotted the US administration since Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in December 2017, is expected to reject the proposal. Bracing for potential Palestinian unrest over the plan, the Israel Defense Forces will boost its level of preparedness next week in the West Bank, Channel 12 reported. The White House is expected to make an announcement on its peace plan in the coming day, according to the reports. The reports come amid growing speculation that Trump could release his plan before the March 2 elections in Israel. Responding to the reports, Defense Minister Naftali Bennett said his right-wing Yamina alliance would oppose any plan that includes “transferring land to Arabs or the establishing of a Palestinian state. “President Trump, [Jared] Kushner and Ambassador [David] Friedman are true friends of Israel. It is likely that Israel faces a historic opportunity, along with significant risks,” he said in a statement. Gantz met earlier Thursday with Pence for talks that Blue and White said were scheduled in advance. “The two discussed diplomatic and security issues that concern regional developments,” a statement from the party said. Gantz had long maintained that the United States should wait to publish the plan until after the election, but on Tuesday reversed course. “I hope the president will move up [the roll-out] and I expect the plan will be released very soon,” he told reporters while touring the Jordan Valley. “Several weeks have passed. A lot of dramatic things are happening in the Middle East, and I look forward to the publication of the plan.” Gantz also said he would push to extend Israeli sovereignty over the Jordan Valley “in coordination with the international community” after the upcoming elections. Netanyahu later voiced support for a Knesset vote in the coming weeks to apply Israeli sovereignty over the area. But according to a Channel 13 news report Wednesday, the Trump administration opposes any unilateral Israeli moves in the West Bank — such as extending sovereignty to the Jordan Valley — before the release of its peace plan. Israel captured East Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank in the 1967 Six Day War. The Palestinians claim these areas for a future state, a position backed by the international community. Since taking office, Trump has refrained from backing a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a formula backed by past US administrations and many other countries. Kushner, Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law, was expected in Jerusalem this week for meetings with Netanyahu and Gantz, but canceled on Wednesday. A White House official cited weather-related issues in Davos, Switzerland, where Kushner was accompanying Trump for the World Economic Forum. Over the course of the last two elections in 2019, Trump officials repeatedly said they would wait until Israel’s democratic process resolved itself before unveiling the proposal. With a third election on the way, however, continuing that policy could mean the White House shelving the plan indefinitely so as not to release it in the middle of America’s 2020 presidential election cycle. - Fair Use- ————————————- "The Americans are fully involved in the elections here." The White House is expected to publish an announcement in the coming days on its peace plan, known as the "Deal of the Century," according to Israeli Channel 13. The station has speculated that the plan could come as early as tomorrow. Speculation had already been high that the White House had planned to publish details of its peace plan prior to the March 2 Israeli election. According to Kan News, the US plan allows for Israeli sovereignty over the Jordan Valley and settlements in Area C. It also allows for a demilitarized Palestinian state, which would include portions of open and Palestinian spaces in Area C. Channel 12 further reported that all of the settlements will be linked territorially, except for 15 of them and that Israel will be able to apply sovereignty already, if it agrees to the plan. The peace plan includes demanding Palestinians to recognize Israel as a Jewish state, demilitarize Gaza and take away Hamas’ weapons and recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, Channel 12 said. Beit El Council head Shai Alon warned that the creation of a Palestinian state in the West Bank, would create a second war front with the Palestinians, akin to Gaza. “According to reports we are talking about recognition of a Palestinian state,” Alon said. “If that is correct, we are talking about a second Gaza war [in the West Bank] that will take place in the heart of the nation. We will see missiles on Kfar Saba, Rannana Hadera and other areas of Gush Dan. “This is a dramatic historic moment,” Yesha head and Jordan Valley Regional Council head David Elhayani said. He called it a "huge diplomatic achievement for the prime minister. "The application of Israeli sovereignty over the Jordan Valley, the [northern] Dead Sea, and settlements in Judea and Samaria is the fulfillment of the Zionist dream and a fateful moment in the history of the settlement movement," he said. The US peace team, headed by special advisor Jared Kushner and special envoy Avi Berkowitz, had been expected to visit Israel on Wednesday and Thursday to discuss the plan with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his chief rival, head of the Blue and White Party Benny Gantz. At the last minute, however, the team cancelled the trip. The Hebrew website Walla reported that Netanyahu and Gantz had been invited to Washington next week to discuss the plan. News of the possible imminent publication of the plan comes as Netanyahu is under pressure from the right-wing party Yamina to take steps as early as next week to annex the Jordan Valley and the Megilot region of the Dead Sea. However, the White House, according to sources, asked him to hold off until after publication of their plan. Right-wing politicians in the Likud and Yamina parties are pressuring Netanyahu to push forward anyway with sovereignty, first in the cabinet on Sunday and then in the Knesset on Tuesday. However, sources close to the proceedings told The Jerusalem Post that the Cabinet will not vote on the matter on Sunday. In addition, the IDF announced that they are gearing up for potential backlash and have increased security in the West Bank, according to Channel 12. Defense Minister Naftali Bennett responded to the plan's possible imminent release, saying that, “I will be clear: Yamina will not allow land to be given to Arabs or for a Palestinian state to be established,” adding that he will respond to the plan’s content when it is made public. Bennett also said that US President Donald Trump, Kushner and Ambassador to Israel David Friedman are true friends of Israel. Transportation Minister Betzalel Smotrich said on Thursday that, “from the little we know about the 'Deal of the Century,' it has opportunities, but also not a few risks.” He said that, “we [the Yamina Party] are here to maximize our opportunities and neutralize risks.” Smotrich also said that he will do all he can to prevent a division of the Land of Israel, meaning a transfer of Israeli-held lands into Palestinian hands. They also said that “the Americans are fully involved in the elections here,” meaning that the US is putting its influence behind Netanyahu, who is more than likely to be seen by many Israelis as the better politician to lead such a massive historical move. The Blue and White Party said on Thursday that the expected invitation by the White House, extended to both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Blue and White leader Benny Gantz, does not mean they will stop their demand for the Knesset to debate the immunity request submitted by the prime minister. A source close to Gantz says he saw the plan and does not think it will be politically damaging to him. Netanyahu requested that the Knesset grant him immunity from criminal misconduct after he was indicted for alleged bribery and breach of trust. Yisrael Beitenu leader Avigdor Liberman tweeted on Thursday that his party recommends to annex the Jordan Valley, as suggested recently by Netanyahu, and also to reject the immunity offer. Educational Minister Rabbi Rafi Peretz said on Thursday that ownership of the homeland, “the land given to our forefathers,” is not open to any negotiations. “We will not allow the handing over of parts of the homeland,” he said, “not to a Palestinian state and not [as part of] any unilateral moves.” J-Street Israel director Yael Patir warned that the so-called "Deal of the Century" will not only not be the deal of the century, it will not even be the bargain of the year, since “this may be the last year of [US President Donald] Trump in the White House.” She warned that any deal that will include Israeli annexation of the Jordan Valley or the West Bank will be opposed by a Democratic US president. “Such moves might not only destabilize the region, but create an unhealthy clash between the Israeli government and a post-Trump American administration.” - Fair Use - Truly anything that favors Israel will be fought over. That said, they are wise to move forward while the times of alliances may not last forever! Regaining the land promised to their forefathers and the construction of the Temple, are uppermost in Israel mind's and heart's! They must indeed strike while the iron is hot! Trumps close ties with Israel and this peace plan initiative will surely dictate the future of the middle East and Israel in particular! As to how this plays out with regards to the timing of the Rapture will remain to be seen. Once again, I will leave those details to the Lord! TR Day 29th The Kremlin is considering changing Vladimir Putin’s job title to Supreme Ruler Hmmm ... I wonder if he will be strutting around and cackling "Gog Adoodle Do?! :scratch: Day 31st Ezekiel 29:6-12 prophecy ... disputes over the water between Egypt and Ethiopia leading to the Tower of Syene getting nuked and making the Nile River undrinkable. :wacko: Egypt Too Worried About Water Shortage to Care About Trump's Plan. The massive dam that Ethiopia is building on part of the Nile could spark a dire drought in Egypt Haartz Jan 31, 2020 8:10 am Fear of a looming water shortage in Egypt is of far greater interest to its leaders these days than Donald Trump’s “deal of the century” or the campaign against Iran. It’s not just “a problem of national security,” as President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi calls it – it’s an existential issue. The threat goes by the name of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Ethiopia is building it on a tributary of the Blue Nile that runs through its territory, and the result could be a dramatic reduction in the amount of water Egypt receives from the river. Economists estimate that the country will lose 10 billion cubic meters of water a year, out of an average of about 50 billion cubic meters annually that it was getting until two years ago – although that dropped in 2019 to less than 44.5 billion cubic meters – all this before the lake Ethiopia is creating has reached capacity, behind the dam. Egypt has threatened in the past that if Ethiopia continued to build its networks of dams, it would even consider going to war over it. That threat has in the meantime morphed into desperate efforts to reach an agreement, so far to no avail. Ethiopia has promised Egypt that it will receive the entire amount of water it’s been promised – but without a formal agreement, the Egyptian Nile will always be at the mercy of the Ethiopian authorities. According to estimates, when the dam is completed, as part of a giant hydropower project, Egypt will lose 1.8 million feddan (1.86 million acres) of farmland, out of approximately 8.5 million feddan currently under cultivation. If that happens, about 1.2 million jobs in agriculture will disappear, and the unemployment rate – which Cairo lowered impressively from 14 percent to 7.5 percent – will surge dangerously. President Sissi is promising his citizens, meanwhile, that there will be no shortage of water and that the government will be investing in desalination facilities. But those facilities, which will operate on the basis of traditional sources of energy, will cause the price of water to rise further – after it’s already soared by more than 300 percent since 2014. Egypt already imports about 50 percent of the grain crops it consumes, and, in this scenario, it will be compelled to increase those imports significantly and pay for it in hard currency from its foreign currency reserves. Moreover, the average per capita quota of water in the country, about 600 cubic meters a year, will most likely decline to what’s considered to be a water-poverty level. The threat now hanging over 100 million Egyptians is the result of a series of failures in the planning of the water supply, an unwieldy bureaucracy that didn’t come up with sufficient alternatives to the anticipated shortfall, and decades-long complacency on the part of Egyptian governments. Last week, the three parties to the conflict – Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan – tried unsuccessfully to work out a draft agreement to resolve the issues at hand. Earlier this week, the sides convened in Washington, which is working with them in the negotiations, to try to resolve the disputes. At present, however, it doesn’t look as though those talks will produce an accord. The main bone of contention is Egypt’s demand that Ethiopia fill the reservoir gradually, over 12 to 21 years, and take into account the drought seasons. Addis Ababa has so far rejected this request, as it wants to fill the lake up quickly at the dam and channel the flow of water to hydroelectric stations that will generate power. Cairo has also demanded that the Ethiopians compensate it for every cumulative deficit of water. For its part, Ethiopia, however, says there is no need to consider such a request – especially if an agreement is ultimately reached for the gradual filling of the reservoir. In the meantime, until a solution can be found, Egypt can bask in the compliments it’s getting from international financing institutions – among them the International Monetary Fund, from which Cairo has borrowed $12 billion – for its success in pushing through economic reforms. Last Saturday was the ninth anniversary of the Arab Spring revolution, whose aims included improvement in Egyptians’ standard of living, better public services and more opportunities for people to make money, or at least to find employment. Democracy, in whose name the demonstrators originally took to the streets, has become a dead letter since 2013, when Sissi deposed Mohammed Morsi, of the Muslim Brotherhood, and seized power. Since then, a series of measures – the arrest and silencing of rivals and critics, the regime’s takeover of the parliament and enactment of legislation that grants Sissi almost indefinite tenure and nearly unchecked freedom of action – has shattered aspirations for a democratic presidential republic in Egypt. At the same time, improvements in the economy, reflected in inflation plunging to 7.5 percent annually (down from 33 percent in 2017), in the dramatic uptick in foreign currency reserves, from $12 billion in 2011 to over $45 billion, and in reduction of the budget deficit from 11.4 percent to 8.5 percent – indicate, at least at the macro level, that Cairo is on the right road economically. Still, the majority of Egyptians don’t see it that way. Some 30 percent of them are living below the poverty line and another 30 percent will join them if they don’t find a way to increase their income. These citizens are paying far more today for electricity, fuel and water than in the past; basic commodities, housing and transportation have become dozens of percent more expensive during the Sissi era; and the level of public services has only deteriorated. Important measures that have been taken, including the almost total abolition of the fuel subsidy, which won accolades from international financial bodies, together with the imposition of a value-added tax, have driven millions of Egyptians to the brink of poverty. The dilemma Sissi faces is to find the proper balance between the necessity to continue implementing economic reforms and the necessity of curbing of a civil revolt along the lines of the Arab Spring. - Fair Use- LOL Geri 7! Making no claims or predictions, but it will be amusing to see how God orchestrates the hearts of men in the next few months! He shall certainly laugh in derision against the plans of men! TR Geri, maybe Putin will become "Supreme Rooster" if he can't be the supreme ruler? Feb 1st ... day 32 into the new year ... I couldn’t help being “antsy Anna” as I read today’s top headline news: - Erdogan hits out @ Arab “treason” over Trump’s Deal of the Century - Erdogan lashes out @ Gulf State for “betraying” Palestinians - PA trying to mobilize Arab states against Trump Plan - Trump ties & Iran fears - why Arab allies opting not to rebuke peace plan - Gantz vows to advance US peace plan immediately if elected PM - Not an inch: Palestinians @ Al-Aqsa vow to fight Trump’s plan - Palestinians, troops clash in W. Bank thousands protest Trump plan in Jordan So we got the G/M players upset and frustrated that they can’t convince their neighboring Arab muslims to reject the peace plan. In their hatred/jealous rage do you sense like the whole Middle East could explode soon by them trying to take things into their own hands to disrupt the “peace” process by attacking Israel? Will they dare do so while the church is still here? In the past few weeks they sent a few missiles over to our embassy in Iraq. I just sense they are getting bolder. Do you feel we are this close to Ezekiel war? Or not? Also what are your thoughts about where the 3rd Temple will get built? Is there room for both the Al- Aqsa mosque and the Temple or does the mosque have to come down? Perhaps a missile will hit it and they blame Israel for it and could this start the wars in motion? Or will the 3rd Temple get built somewhere else? 
White House to publish peace plan imminently - reports
By Jerusalem Post Staff January 23, 2020 20:06
“The creation of a Palestinian state between the Jordan Valley and the Sea, will [push] the region to new heights of terror and violence that we have never known and do not want to know,” he concluded.
“Israel may he facing a historic opportunity, along with significant dangers,” he stated.
Right-wing officials told Ynet off the record that what Netanyahu got from the Trump administration is the “gift of a lifetime,” because now, Israelis will discuss the issue of annexing the Jordan Valley instead of his request to be granted immunity for alleged bribery and breach of trust.
By Zvi Bar’el
